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misanthrope

(9,174 posts)
8. My father was a writer before dementia
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 09:04 PM
18 hrs ago

and I sensed his declining language skills years before his friends called family to come look in on him and even more years before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Initially, I thought it was attributable to standard age-related cognitive decline and once we uncovered his behavior from his friends and looking through his computer history, it was apparent how much he had devolved.

His dementia made him rude, short-tempered, difficult and possibly the most miserable person I have ever been around.

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I observed this with my Dad's slide into dementia. Midnight Writer 18 hrs ago #1
My father was a writer before dementia misanthrope 18 hrs ago #8
Every person I've known with dementia... ananda 17 hrs ago #10
It doesn't always go that way. I've had many patients who got the happy type Maru Kitteh 16 hrs ago #21
What did your good friend say? misanthrope 16 hrs ago #22
I had success with some natural products for my elderly mom. JudyM 14 hrs ago #33
Thank You Desert grandma 13 hrs ago #34
Glad to share, Desert grandma, hoping it might help some folks. JudyM 55 min ago #36
Mine were a series of bridge psrtners. ananda 10 hrs ago #35
Were you friends before his diagnosis? babylonsister 16 hrs ago #23
The person I knew as him misanthrope 16 hrs ago #24
Yeah Katcat 16 hrs ago #25
""He used to speak with a high level of vocabulary in very polished paragraphs..." ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #2
I distinctly remember wondering in the first campaign why his family didn't insist tanyev 18 hrs ago #3
Good Comment ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #4
THIS malaise 18 hrs ago #5
I believe he was referring to the years well before his first term. n/t ariadne0614 18 hrs ago #6
So Am I ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #7
Prof, I read the OP True Dough 17 hrs ago #11
K&R for, What? When was that?" UTUSN 16 hrs ago #15
Yeah, that stuck out to me as well. progressoid 16 hrs ago #16
I agree with the MyOwnPeace 16 hrs ago #17
Prior to his first real run for president. Shipwack 16 hrs ago #26
Thinking the same thing Bayard 16 hrs ago #28
Nobody besides us cares Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #9
Yep. That's certainly true. calimary 16 hrs ago #19
Maybe he'll just fucking die already Orrex 16 hrs ago #12
Here is the video of that interview. I though it was well done and more than a little scary. mackdaddy 16 hrs ago #13
Through the years mountain grammy 16 hrs ago #14
I'm a native New Yorker mokeyz 16 hrs ago #18
Me too, also from New York. Javaman 16 hrs ago #20
I remember seeing him in a few interviews during his Apprentice days... Joinfortmill 16 hrs ago #27
My Dad had dementia, my Mom had Alzheimer's Bayard 16 hrs ago #29
This is what I think shows his inability to think rationally. He suddenly changes subject to talk to the media about the Doodley 15 hrs ago #30
Recommended. H2O Man 15 hrs ago #31
archive link BWdem4life 15 hrs ago #32
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